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  • ...nly when needed, and that the release is controlled in such a way that the energy can be harnessed to produce [[work]]. ...hat go far beyond the energy needs of a [[human body]]. The application of energy released from fuels ranges from [[heat]] to [[cooking]] and from powering [
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  • '''Power transmission''' is the movement of [[energy]] from its place of generation to a location where it is applied to perform [[Power (physics)|Power]] is defined formally as units of [[energy]] per unit [[time]].
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  • ...omponents to transform chemical, physical or nuclear energy into secondary energy and deliver it to the interface to the outer world for propulsion purposes. ...red from the grid with low hydraulic energy share and also vehicles using energy storage with high losses (some battery types, ultra- or supercaps).
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  • ...stored on the vehicle in batteries or diesel fuel; from nuclear energy, on nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers; or more esoteric sources such as flywheel ...This can be used to reduce the wear on brake systems, and reduce the total energy requirement of a journey.
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  • ...ource must provide the electrical energy (perhaps a [[solar panel]] or a [[nuclear reactor]]) while the ions provide the reaction mass. ...propulsion system, designers often focus on the reaction mass. After all, energy can in principle be produced without much difficulty, but the reaction mass
    30 KB (4,590 words) - 20:28, 7 August 2008
  • ...omponents to transform chemical, physical or nuclear energy into secondary energy and deliver it to the interface to the outer world for propulsion purposes. ...ally in Europe. If acceleration is adapted automatically to follow minimal energy consumption and minimal environmental pollution, performance may suffer. Th
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  • The [[energy]] used to propel the vehicle may be obtained from several sources: *from [[chemical energy]] stored on the vehicle in on-board batteries: [[Battery electric vehicle]]
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  • ...an be better controlled. Hydrogen could also be produced from [[renewable energy]] sources with (in principle) no net carbon dioxide emissions. There are b ...ombustion engine]], but they produce more pollution than would use of that energy in [[plug-in hybrid electric vehicles]]. Hydrogen fuel cells generate less
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  • ...complemented by [[thermodynamics]], the study of heat and more generally [[energy]], and [[electromechanics]], the study of [[electricity]] and [[magnetism]] ...ace Engineering]], [[Chemical Engineering]], [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Nuclear Engineering]], [[Structural engineering]] and [[Bioengineering]].
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  • ...m oxide]] ([[uranium|U]]O<sub>2</sub>), used as [[nuclear fuel|fuel]] in [[nuclear reactor]]s. ...[ohm]]s. The major advantage of these is that they can dissipate a lot of energy, and they self reset &mdash; after the voltage across the device drops belo
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  • A '''hybrid vehicle''' (HV) is a vehicle using an on-board [[rechargeable energy storage system]] (RESS) and a fuelled power source for vehicle [[propulsion ...yota Prius]], prolong the charge on their batteries by capturing [[kinetic energy]] via [[regenerative braking]]. As well, when cruising or in other situatio
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  • ...High speed escape boat complete with underwater hatch for the smuggling of nuclear bombs. ; '''Solex Agitator''' : Device that enables the utilization of solar energy as a power source on an industrial scale.
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  • ...North Korea while it invades, by destroying any [[ballistic missile]] or [[nuclear warhead]] fired on North Korea or their troops, thus foiling any large scal
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